Ask Sally: Life has handed me lemons

Jars of preserved lemons, Taste for Travel (2)

How a preserved lemons recipe helps solve Gloria’s travel dilemma. More of the world’s worst travel advice from Sally, a woman in a fur coat and a hat. But the lemons are a winner.

Ask Sally: The girls fall out in Dubai

Al Qasr, Dubai

Read the latest traveller dilemma solved by the world’s worst travel advice from a woman in a fur coat and a hat.

Ask Sally: Struggling with 50 Shades of Greece

Ask Sally Slaughter

Dear Sally, So here I was on an idyllic Aegean island, sipping iced coffee on the hotel balcony overlooking the pool and writing my next best seller, 50 Shades of Greece. Dreaming of dark, unexplored places. And suddenly it all went wrong.

Ask Sally: Gone snowboarding with his mother

Ask Sally Slaughter

Dear Sally, I’m on my honeymoon with my husband Pieter and his mother. They’ve gone snowboarding and I’m stuck in front of a roaring fire with a glass of wine. I don’t think this is going to work. What should I do?

Ask Sally: Modern Toilet restaurant and other dumps

Ask Sally Slaughter

Dear Sally, We’re tired of all the foam, miniscule morsels, molecular gastronomy and foraging in the upper echelons of fine dining. We want to go somewhere really different.

Ask Sally: Dilemma over Las Vegas wedding

Ask Sally Slaughter

Las Vegas now has a pop-up wedding chapel where you can try out being married to see if you like it. Perfect for commitment phobics, says Aunt Sally.

Ask Sally: Roberta and Joseph’s travel woes

Ask Sally Slaughter

Agony Aunt Sally Slaughter sorts out the Christmas travel baggage problems of generous Roberta who is carrying a surfboard, and advises Joseph and his wife who are stuck in a snow storm.

Ask Sally: Taking Vlad home to meet the parents

Ask Sally Slaughter

Dear Sally, While on holidays in Transylvania, I met a tall, pale, handsome stranger. It was love at first bite. Now I want to take him home to meet my parents.

Ask Sally: The airline lost my father’s ashes

Ask Sally Slaughter

Dear Sally, My father’s last wish was to have his ashes scattered from The Matterhorn, Switzerland’s famous mountain peak. But when we arrived in Zurich, the airline had lost the bag containing his urn.

Ask Sally: No reply from the King of Bhutan

Ask Sally Slaughter

Dear Sally, We emailed His Majesty King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck of Bhutan kindly requesting how the Court intends to invest all the income from tourism to improve the kingdom’s population lifestyle. So far, we’ve had no reply.